Over the last few days there has been alot of stuff on social media about a tennis player named Coco Gauff. She got popular after confronting the ref at one of her matches who wasn’t enforcing many rules correctly against Gauff’s opponent. I have been watching this event and thinking about it a lot in the last couple days, thinking about how I don’t even watch tennis but would consider myself a slight fan of Coco Gauff, just based on her attention to detail and fairness in her sport.

The New York Times posted an article about one of Gauff’s games, focusing instead on a match she played against a 16 year old, only being 19 herself. The article talks a bit about Gauff’s career with professional tennis and how astonishing it is to most fans that both she and her 16 year old opponent, Mirra Andreeva, have such amazing skill at such a young age. It talks about how Gauff gave Andreeva advice, and has had to focus on putting age out of her mind while competing. During this years U.S. Open, Coco Gauff will have played a 16 year old from Russia, as well as a 27 year old from Belgium. A large range that could affect her mental game if she let it.

I believe this should be considered news, it has information about the U.S. Open, which is very interesting to many people. It also gives information about Coco Gauff, who is a rising name in many households. I think that this article is more for tennis fans who would appreciate the extra details about this match, if it were about Gauff’s tiff with her ref, it would appeal more to the general public. Although I don’t think this information is as dire and necessary as other things put into the news, it has its place. This can help inspire young athletes to dream big, watching Coco Gauff be considered a “Veteran Player at the U.S. Open” at 19 years old.